Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees
Vessels carved of a gray-green stone in what is called the "Intercultural Style" were made in the greater Gulf area as well as in southern Iran. At the site of Tepe Yahya in Iran, workshops were found with vessels and the raw materials—chlorite or steatite—for their manufacture, dating to the mid-third millennium B.C. The stones were available in the nearby hills. Fragments of containers were also found at sites in the Gulf area. Vessels decorated in this style were found across the ancient Near East from Syria to the Indus Valley, evidence of the flourishing long-distance trade of the times.
This piece has a tall shape with a flaring rim and is carved in alternating bands of an overlapping mo ...
This piece has a tall shape with a flaring rim and is carved in alternating bands of an overlapping mo ...
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c. mid- to late 3rd millennium B.C.
Chlorite
23.5cm
17.190.106
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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Permanent collection